EP 0083694 A2 19830720 - Control system for timing hammers of impact printers.
Title (en)
Control system for timing hammers of impact printers.
Title (de)
Steueranlage für das Timing von Hammern in Anschlagdruckern.
Title (fr)
Dispositif de commande pour le timing des marteaux dans les imprimantes à percussion.
Publication
Application
Priority
US 33870982 A 19820111
Abstract (en)
A hammer timing control system for a line printer has a register for continually storing a digital delay fire quantity representative of the actual flight of a controlled hammer. A delay fire counter activated by an initiate fire pulse from hammer selection circuitry of the printer control system counts the timing pulses from a clock means until it registers a count equal to the delay quantity stored in the delay fire register. A comparator circuit is connected to both the delay value register and the counter and generates a hammer fire signal when the delay quantity and the count are equal. The single counter continues counting clock pulses until a second count is registered which is equal to a terminate fire value. The control system provides circuit means responsive to the second count registered in the counter to terminate the hammer fire signal. In one embodiment, the terminate fire circuitry comprises a decode connected to the output of the counter means for detecting the second count condition. In a second embodiment, the control system has a second register which stores a terminate fire quantity which represents a fixed time after the initiate fire signal and prior to hammer impact. In a third embodiment, the counter is an up/down counter which counts in one direction to turn on the hammer driver circuit and in the other direction to turn off the hammer driver circuit. The delay fire quantities for the plurality of hammers are preferably stored in an external memory device for transfer to the individual registers for each of the print hammers. The external storage may be a magnetic record such as a disk.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 7/36 (2006.01); B41J 9/44 (2006.01); B41J 9/46 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 9/46 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0083694 A2 19830720; EP 0083694 A3 19860108; EP 0083694 B1 19890412; BR 8300058 A 19830920; CA 1186782 A 19850507; DE 3279602 D1 19890518; ES 518220 A0 19831201; ES 8401379 A1 19831201; JP H0422705 B2 19920420; JP S58119883 A 19830716; US 4440079 A 19840403
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 82109510 A 19821014; BR 8300058 A 19830107; CA 416979 A 19821203; DE 3279602 T 19821014; ES 518220 A 19821215; JP 20051782 A 19821117; US 33870982 A 19820111